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Climate smart people and places featured in new 'Here & Now' series
Here & Now— the live, national midday news program from NPR and WBUR— debuts a new series this summer to spotlight people and places across the U.S. with solutions that are making a difference to stem climate change.
" Reverse Course: Individual action to combat climate change" delivers stories from the field, introducing listeners to people whose projects are succeeding and helping to shape climate smart communities. Led by senior editor Peter O'Dowd and producer Chris Bentley, "Reverse Course" will air during Here & Now from June 27 to 29 and culminate with a special episode of the Here & Now Anytime podcast on June 30.
"Reverse Course" is made possible in part with funding from Ceres, a nonprofit organization working with the most influential capital market leaders to solve the world's greatest sustainability challenges.
Related Knowledge Center: Climate economics
Climate change is now a driver of the world’s economy. The impact is profound:
- Catastrophic weather events — hurricanes, floods, droughts, high temperatures — are more frequent and more extreme. The cost can be measured in both the initial damage caused and the longer-term impact on the economy.
- Vulnerable communities are increasing climate-related investments, hardening infrastructure and taking other protective measures.
- Investment in carbon capture and storage technologies is increasingly rapidly.
- Governments are making investments and crafting regulations to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
On top of all of this is the cost of uncertainty. As the Fourth National Climate Assessment, released in 2018 by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, says, “The assumption that current and future climate conditions will resemble the recent past is no longer valid.”